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Such a New England/NYC metro thing. No where else in the country does oil for home heating. Yep. Part of it is fairly warm temps overall out west, but part of it is the winds are ripping through the front range from the West as the air comes downhill from the mountains. Won't be surprised if I...

It's an interesting comparison for sure. From an objective perspective Tony spent the same amount of time at Fairmont as worldskitraveler might have (hard to say since worldskitraveler seems to only ski one run per lift much of the time). That said, Tony spent at least two nights at the same...

One thing I did note in the responses from worldskitraveler was essentially a laundry list of 'top' places he remembered from his trip. It felt more like he couldn't remember all that many distinct things so he had a hard time underpinning just a couple of places because they all blurred...

Humorous thought process. It's kinda hard to walk around, eat, speak with the locals, etc... when you are only at a place for 90minutes max. I'm pretty sure I've heard repeatedly how you DON'T learn about a place/locality by skimming through in an hour or two. Especially if you explicitly avoid...

Looks too crowded. Definitely must be on the Epic pass. :p Me like the size of the snowbanks on the road. Reminds me of driving around during some of the good winters back in the day when growing up.

I got text messages on Sunday afternoon that were very positive. 1-2 feet of untracked powder being skied and heavy snowfall occurring at the end of that day. I think Tseeb and my two friends were all headed toward the Revy area last night/ski today (ironic as those were separately planned)...

Top two pics in that post are of the Kachina area. In the 2nd pic the Kachina lift is barely visible in the very upper left corner of the picture. And basically no you cannot see the Kachina lift in the first pic. If you know where to look you can sorta see where the top station is (it's just...

Not just in the village, but I was disappointed when I went there that there was nothing outside of the small sit-down only restaurant at the top of the backside. I would have much preferred at least a small grab and go for a sandwich or something be available as well. I avoided the limited...

I just looked and was surprised to see Highline and West Basin ridgelines listing 100% of those trails open. Not clear why Kachina is still closed if there is enough snow to open equally steep terrain in those sectors.

Do we need a new thread for "People keep falling off chairlifts in the East"? First one is horrible and ends in death for a teenage girl. 1) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/girl-critically-injured-at-western-quebec-ski-hill-has-died-family-says-9.7091703 2)...

Depends on the precise region, but many western resorts also consider much of March as prime season due to the huge numbers of spring break skiers that traditionally come from the east coast during school break weeks. Most years that means weekday lift lines throughout March that are as long as...

Hey stop using that Starlink. Focus on the snowcat skiing task at hand, lol! I know Mustang had 13 cm just a couple days ago. Not sure if/how much in the days before that. Should be enough terrain with good powder snow to still have a solid trip. For reference Tseeb is in the same cat that I...

The place I always made sure to hit in Revy was Seoul Street for some good Korean food. Assuming I get back there someday, I'll have to try Paramjit as I do like Indian, Thai and also German foods...

Just updating this post relative to one of the Meribel lifts being heavily damaged by an avalanche as part of the big storm cycles in Europe the past couple weeks. https://snowbrains.com/ski-lift-at-frances-les-3-vallees-hit-by-avalanche-will-remain-closed-for-rest-of-season/ My group skied...

Agreed. Either that, or pull out that credit card and find the last overpriced room up canyon so you start at lift opening no matter if the canyon itself is under avi control lockdown or not. Though I can't imagine all that many days per season qualify for that level of spend, even at Alta/Bird.

American Flyer is possibly the worst lift in Colorado for the possibility of falling IMHO. Shockingly it is only a few years old, but it is a very high-speed 6 pack bubble with the enormous sofa style seating. The 'hangers'/chairs are made with a slippery material and almost all of the chairs...

Love the kids playground right next to the base. Perfect place for kids to learn and beer league racing at night.

No refunds are ever given by Ikon that I'm aware of. You can buy pass insurance that would pay you cash back. However Ikon, in 'special circumstances' - no idea what their list of situations or criteria are exactly - will allow you to defer your pass to next season. Which I was able to do for...

Nope. Just a rehash of info from other sources that has been published earlier (in the past ~2-3 weeks).

Bindings are never a problem, until they are. Glad you were able to ID the issue on-hill before a hard crash. My son had issues with brand new Look Pivot bindings earlier this year. Heal piece was basically defective and had to be replaced. Not good for a 2 month old binding that is explicitly...